Sick building syndrome and its effect on health of students and teachers in selected educational buildings in Bandung

U. Surahman; H.R.D. Ray

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012049

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Sick building syndrome and its effect on health of students and teachers in selected educational buildings in Bandung

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U. Surahman, H.R.D. Ray

2020 IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 447 Issue 1 Conference paper Cited by 3 SDG 3

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This study investigates the current conditions of indoor air quality, focusing especially on formaldehyde and TVOC, and their effects on health among occupants in the educational buildings located in the city of Bandung. A total of 120 respondents were interviewed and 40 rooms were measured from September to November 2018. The results indicated that around 50% of the respondents in the buildings showed some degrees of chemical sensitivity risk. More than 60% of the measured formaldehyde levels in the buildings exceeded the WHO standard, 0.08 ppm. The respondents studying in rooms with higher mean formaldehyde values tended to have higher multiple chemical sensitivity risk scores. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Department of Architecture Education, Faculty of Technology and Vocational Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), Jl. Dr.Setiabudi No 229, Sukasari, Jawa Barat, Isola, Bandung, Indonesia

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